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Re: helm vs ido


From: Thorsten Jolitz
Subject: Re: helm vs ido
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 12:11:30 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux)

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:

>> - how to get rid of helm-completion in the mini-buffer? In Ido, there is
>>   C-f, but helm seems to follow more a bondage&submission approach with
>>   no way out (or I'm just a new user and did not discover the
>>   trick). C-x C-w (write-file) is a good example were completion gets in
>>   your way. 
>
> If you want to get rid of helm completion in e.g `write-file' when
> `helm-mode' is enabled, and you want `write-file' use ido, customize
> `helm-completing-read-handlers-alist':
> Add write-file => ido.
> Now when using C-x C-w you will have ido completion instead of helm
> completion.

nice, thanks

>> - is ido-completion smarter than helm-completion? Somehow I have the
>>   (obviously subjective) feeling that I reach the searched
>>   buffer/file/command ... with less effort using Ido. One example might
>>   be M-x w3m - with Ido its typing M-x w3 RET, with helm the basic w3m
>>   command is not necessary the first choice and some navigation in the
>>   completion buffer or some more typing is necessary. 
>
> You are using the M-x version enabled with `helm-mode' which is the same
> than vanilla emacs M-x but with helm interface.
> Use `helm-M-x' instead.

I did bind M-x to helm-M-x. 

>> Right now I'm back to ido-everywhere, but on the other hand I miss
>> helm-grep, helm-regexp and other amazing stuff this package offers. Do I
>> simply have to study helm more deeply
>
> Yes, probably.

I thought so....

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten




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